840 Articles matching phrase ‘whit’

Census site brings in thousands of visitors

Final figures for visits to www.ayecan.com the web site set up by the Scots Language Centre to help people answer the Scots language questions in last month’s census have been revealed by …
COSH adj snug, cosy

Cosh in Scots is not an offensive weapon for bashing victims over the head. Quite the contrary. It is a couthy and comfortable adjective applicable to everyone’s favourite things. The dictionary …
Scots and the Census: Pairt twa
Small business using Scots language product

A new business specialising in North East Scots – the Doric – has recently been launched. Doric Ditties is the creation of Alison Skinner, a native of Aberdeen who now lives in Portnockie …
ASHET n a serving dish

Several of the dictionary quotations for ashet show a degree of affection for this practical item. John MacTaggart’s The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia (1824) gives this definition: “Aschet, …
Whit fowk daesna ken daesna steer them

Ignorance is bliss
Speakin o S'Minnins

In addition to visits made to Kirkcaldy and Buckhaven, Dauvit Horsbroch and Katrina MacLeod from the Scots Language Centre also visited St Monans in the East Neuk of Fife, on Thursday 10 February. St …
Kirkcaldy and Buckhaven Visit

On Thursday 10 February Dauvit Horsbroch and Katrina MacLeod from the Scots Language Centre visited the Linton Lane Centre in Kirkcaldy, Fife. As part of the Centre’s ongoing research into public …
Scottish Government Responds to Literature Working Group Report

On 4 February, the Scottish Government produced its official response to the literature working group’s report. Among many other points, the group recommended that the Government should encourage …
"A Braw Nicht Oot"

Prestonpans storyteller Tim Porteous, together with storytellers from around Scotland, is set to mark the forthcoming Scots census question with a night of storytelling in Scots followed by a play in …

840 Articles matching phrase whit